Red Zone Play: Time For Houston To Say “Bye Bye Bill O’Brien”

What do Roger Staubach, Terry Bradshaw, Doug Williams, Jeff Hostetler, Jim Plunkett, Tom Brady and Trent Dilfer all have in common? They all came off the bench in replacement of starting players and led their teams to the Super Bowl to win it all.

How did they do it? With coaches who knew how to adjust to adversity. Coaches who knew that the battle plan goes out the window once the fight begins. Coaches who adapted and overcame injuries, penalties and just plain bad luck.

People come out of the woodwork with excuses, piling up single file in the “Bill O’Brien Apologist” line ready to blame the loss on injuries, penalties and plain old bad luck. Every time, he gets a pass on his inability to…